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As summer slowly comes to a close, there are two events that wrap up the season on a yearly basis, the Cleveland Millfest and Wagon Mound Bean Days. Both events take place in Mora County and are expected to be wholesome family fun.

The Millfest is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Cleveland Roller Mill located in Cleveland, just north of Mora along State Highway 518. More than 50 artists are expected to participate in the festival.

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Tuesday, Aug. 27 — When school opens in West Las Vegas on Sept. 3, a new superintendent of schools will greet the students. Ray Leger, who was named superintendent by the board of education, took over the position on July 1 and went right to work on plans to upgrade the school. Leger has teaching and administrative experience in El Rito, Springer, Bernalillo and Grants. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Highlands University.

Story Time at Carnegie Library is at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, in the children’s area of the public library. This week’s book is “Slither Slide, What’s Outside?” by Nora Hilb and Simon and Sheryl Shapiro. Story Time is free and open to the public.

Wednesday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 55. South wind 5-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

The state police Bomb Team conducted an emergency detonation of deteriorating dynamite found at the Mora/San Miguel Electric Cooperative lot on Monday. The detonation occurred around 2 p.m. Monday at the lot located on Williams Drive.

According to state police, the badly deteriorated dynamite was located during a routine ground cleaning and maintenance of the cooperative’s lot. The dynamite was found in a manhole located in the cooperative’s lot.

The U.S. Department of the Interior will return $26 million in mineral royalty payments to New Mexico.

U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Lujan, Michelle Lujan Grisham and Steve Pearce announced the move Monday. They called for the state to be rightfully paid under the Mineral Leasing Act.

In fiscal year 2013, federal government officials decided New Mexico’s share of royalties under the MLA would be subject to automatic, across-the-board spending cuts.

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• Lions Club Glasses Collection Boxes are at the following locations. Banks: Southwest Capital, Community First, Douglas Ave and Legion Park; Wells Fargo; State Employees Credit Union. Opticians’ offices: WalMart, Eye Associates, Mills Ave; Insight Optical, Highway 518. Also at Shoes ‘n Boots, Seventh Street. Used glasses are repaired then donated to charity groups serving those in need around the world.
• Robertson High School Class of 1963 is having its 50th reunion in